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Preparing to Die: A Book Review

I wrote this book to help you prepare – to illuminate the darkness of death and to give you something to look forward to. Andrew Holecek, author Recently several books have appeared written by...

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MEDITATION AT HOME

The Seated Buddha In your home meditation space, you may have an image of a seated buddha on your altar. But there was a step the Buddha took before sitting down: “And so, Buddha made a seat of soft...

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Notes from Inspired Minds: Thoughts for the New Year

As we transition to 2021, we have an opportunity to stop, rest and reflect before we move forward.  This past year of pandemic, fires, floods and financial suffering has been called many names, but we...

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Time for the Lunar Calendar and the New Year

The Lunar Calendar For millennia, Asian countries and cultures have used a Lunar Calendar. This new moon holiday will fall within two months after the Winter Solstice. In 2021, the Lunar New Year...

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The Illusion and the Aftermath

An Artistic Invitation to Explore Awareness Imagine entering into the space. The room’s only light is coming from the enormous illuminated white X shape on the floor. Meditation cushions are placed...

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How to Suffer Well: A Buddhist Primer

Learning How to Suffer Well Dear Reader, if the two of us found ourselves together at the bottom of a deep hole, we would be aware of something in common—our predicament. In that way, a conversation...

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Meditation Gone Wrong:10 Red Flags

When has our meditation gone wrong? Here are 10 “Red Flags” that might mean it’s time to look more deeply into your personal practice of mindfulness: 1.  Sitting on your meditation cushion, you give...

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Notes from Inspired Minds: Prayer and the Dharma

Photo by Jeremy Yap  Exhausted Mind For the last two months, my now 7-month-old child has woken me up around 4:20 a.m. I’m lucky if I get five hours of sleep a night. I am exhausted.  All of the...

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Notes from Inspired Minds: Basketball and Meditation

I have no background in meditation and mindfulness. Not unless you count me yelling out “ZEN” in the hallways in high school. Phil Jackson became a really fascinating figure for me as a young...

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Brewing with A Good Conscience

Hill Farmstead Brewery. Greensboro Bend, Vermont. Meditation at the Brewery “This brewery just placed their third order with us,” read my work email at Samadhi Cushions. This stops me for a moment....

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